December 7th thru the 13th, 2003

When you put two duraflame logs on the fire, you have to spend 8 hours in front of them. So I called The Wingzone, popped open several Orange Hooches, and watched 3 movies: East is East, Monsoon Wedding, and Bruce Almighty. The first two are more or less about arranged marriages in Pakistani/Indian cultures, one set in Britain in the early 70s, the other in Delhi. East was immersive, Monsoon was simply beautiful. And Bruce, of course, hilarious. I almost died from oxygen starvation during the scenes with The Daily Show's Steven Carell behind the news desk.

My dad will be performing his stand-up comedy on January 18th at the Gaslighter Theater in Campbell, California. Interested parties should go check out the flyer on this web site I made for him.

Amusing Caption Contest
A friend of a friend had this happen to him on Saturday. (see photo on right. click for a larger version.) He walked away with no broken bones or other serious injuries. Send me an amusing caption and if yours is chosen I will give you credit and say thanks. That's not much of a contest, but I'm not much of a web designer.

Did a wheatgrass shot at PCC, hit the tanning salon for 25 minutes of quality nap time, and then grabbed a cheese and a fry at Dick's. And then: Bowling SUCKED! But that's okay cause WE'RE IN FIRST! I bowled so badly I didn't even write down my scores. 120 something, 130 something (and that was with 3 strikes and a nine in the 9th and 10th frames), and finally a 149 in game 3.

Forgot to mention: the latest art project from The Skeptical Press arrived today. I have a subscription to their work, thanks to a friend of the artist, Coriander Reisbord. She's the artist, not the friend. That is her real name. No links because I can't find any.

Worked all day, and worked on some new Photoshop projects. Check 'em out in the Fotoshop Phun section in the sidebar.

Dropped by Starbuck's to talk with my buddy J. She's a graphic design student so we talked about Photoshop.

My friend R dropped by, and we chatted about her dancing career. She brought french fries. I am a cow.

Coffee next.

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The rest of the day was working, eating Taco Bell, getting a bit sick, falling asleep at my desk and cramping up something awful, getting lost in West Seattle with T looking for a shopping center, and then eating at the Alki Beach Grill.

Otherwise today was work, napping, work, napping, work, napping, and some Literati, some and a Romio's Nemea before going to the airport to pick up my roommate from her trip to Australia. I also finished The Last Continent and started Ang els & Demons

Grabbed a nap and a sunbath at Tropical Tan, and went out later to a party with-- well, everyone. Had much nog. Too much? We all ended up at a club called "Vogue." It was pretty damn funny. Goths and goth wannabes-- cartoon goths I call them, since they were so stereotypically goth... and the music, pop-goth or bubblegum goth, I mean, if I own one of the albums from which they played music, you know its not very authentic. I spent most of the night getting drunker and drunker and holding up a cashew dispenser. Crashed at T's place.

Picked up my car where we had left it at the party last night-- $35 parking ticket. Ah well. If you hafta pay to party, here's my wallet, mister. Drove home, cleaned up, and headed out again to buy something for another party. But my tooth started hurting something awful, and none of the pain killers I was taking were working anymore. Good thing I keep a phone book in my car! I found a guy who does emergency work no Saturdays, and so I was off to Shoreline. 90 minutes later, my back right wisdom tooth was out. It was an exhausting procedure. But he's a good man for seeing me on such short notice.

Back to Archie Mcphee's for something to take to party number 2, and then over to party number 1 at my friend E's. I really wish I could have stayed longer-- E is good people, and her charge, CC, gave me some more rubber ducks and the Truth or Dare version of Jenga. That should come in handy!

Party number 2, at R's, the Yankee-Wanker gift exchange. My contribution was metallic devil duckies, and I ended up with a George W. Bush coffee mug commemorating his inauguration. The big hit of the party was the red velvet Jesus brought by J. The party winded down, and I was the last to go.